William Longsword
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William Longsword was the second ruler of Normandy, from 927 until his assassination in 942.
The funerary monument of William Longsword in the cathedral of Rouen, France. The monument is from the 14th century.
Richard I of Normandy
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Richard I, also known as Richard the Fearless, was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard commissioned to write the "De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum", ca
William Longsword
…battle, proving his authority to be duke. At the time of this rebellion, William sent his pregnant more danico wife, Sprota, to Fécamp where their son Richard was born. In 933, William recognized King Rudolph, who was struggling to assert his authority in Northern France, as King of Western Francia. In turn…
Coin of Richard I
Richard's supposed tomb at Fécamp Abbey, but which was discovered in 2016 to not contain his remains
Richard and his children, from a 13th-century genealogical tree